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Afrobeat
- Genre family
- African Popular Music
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Meet Afrobeat
Afrobeat is a branch of the African Popular Music family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Afrobeat is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with The Meters.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreAfrican Popular Music
Current genreAfrobeat
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1970s · United States South · Afrobeat
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1970s starting recordings
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KEY ARTISTS
1970s artists
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